Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WOHELO, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS First Line: Down in maine at camp wohelo Last Line: In our hearts their fame will live. Subject(s): Camping; Children; Games; Girls; Maine (state); Sports; Camps; Summer Camps; Childhood; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements | ||||||||
Down in Maine at Camp Wohelo, On Sebago's rocky shore, Charming maids, 'mid crag and forest, Here are gathered by the score. Brown and tanned by wind and weather, Beauty, health and strength have they, Trained in sports on land and water, Wait they now for Gala Day. Here 'mid scenes of wondrous beauty, Lovely Jellyfish are found; In these pure and limpid waters, Pollywogs and Frogs abound; Water Queens, Witches and Babies, Beauties of the sky and air, Flashing through the sunlit waters, Mermaids never were so fair. From far homes and distant cities Speeding autos wend their way, Parents bound for Camp Wohelo And the sports of Water Day. Proud the hearts and loving, tender, Angels watch while kiddies wait, Heaven blesses such reunions Guarding well Wohelo's gate. Maids now rule Sebago's waters, Pliant to their dive and stroke, What to them could be defiant, Work, Health, Love, the gods invoke. Diving, swimming, and canoeing, Using paddles, hands and feet, Racing'twould not be unpleasant At such hands to meet defeat. Gaze we at the coming woman Standing in her war canoe, Spectacle of wondrous beauty Look the one thing we can do! When, like Centaurs, on their horses, Parents gaze in wonder now, When they ride it is to conquer, Every heart and knee doth bow. Tender hearts and tear-wet lashes, This day love rules sea and shore, God's love down from Heaven flashes, Breathe we thanks to Him once more. To the ones who rule Wohelo, Grateful praise we freely give For the training and the keeping; In our hearts their fame will live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLOODY SIRE by ROBINSON JEFFERS GAME AFTER SUPPER by MARGARET ATWOOD DANGEROUS GAMES by CAROLYN KIZER THE GOOD AUTHOR by CAROLYN KIZER BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK by AMY LOWELL THE LOST CHILDREN by GREGORY ORR SNAKE EYES by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT A CHRISTMAS CAROL AND ANTHEM by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS |
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